Portland Kettle

Today I sent a DoorDash order of chicken soup and other comfort food from Portland Kettle to a sick friend and their spouse. I had a little trouble navigating the menu on Yelp, so I called the restaurant, and they helped me get just what was wanted. (You can add notes to an item when ordering it, and they appear to do their best to honor requests. At least, the order I put in for my friends was perfect, down to the smallest detail.) Excellent customer service!The recipients said the food arrived hot (thanks, DoorDash!) and was delicious, and as I mentioned, every detail of the order, down to the condiments and sides, was right. (From hearing the recipients' impressions, I'd love to try Portland Kettle's food myself when I'm in town sometime.)

I ordered vegetable soup and a salad from this restaurant. I've never ordered before. They cancelled my order for no reason at all except to say the delivery from GrubHub was canceled. They did refund my money but I'll never order from them again. And I do not recommend them. I'm quite sure they cancelled the order because I didn't give an adequate tip. I got a salad and a large vegetable soup Just look at the Delivery fee and the Service fee on this small meal. That is why I didn't tip more. This was Grubhub that cancelled the order.Just look at this cost! Subtotal $23.90. Tax _ZERO0.00. Tip $2.00Delivery fee $4.49. Service fee $3.59. Total $33.98

The sweetest, realest folks you'll find in this wretched wasteland we call The Portland Service Industry.The food is hit or miss with me - I've had one or two things that are alright, but it's mostly quite underwhelming and overpriced.

Great place for a healthy lunch. Good soups and salads. No table service, but the staff are very friendly and it's vibe is bright clean diner.

Both of my favorite delis have gone away. So when I heard of this place and heard it was endorsed by my friend from the Midwest. I had to try it. I got the hot corned beef. I asked which was better and the lady said corned beef today because it is a fattier cut today. Well, that's darn good advice. The bread was really good but it was too soft for the sandwich. Perhaps toasted or grilled? But delicious rye bread. The meat was very tender and flavorful. Lots of it too. I've been looking for a sandwich like this for a while. Very friendly service. Definitely a spot I'll come back to.

My original review from 2017 that I stand by:Damn. I don't think you will find better or more hearty comfort foods anywhere in downtown Portland than Portland Kettle.Just had my third lunch there & introduced another friend who is their newest fan. In the past, I've tried the beef stroganoff (amazing!) and today I tried the beef barley mushroom soup. Incredible.Twice I've had the chicken salad pocket. Great taste & interesting texture, but the pocket does tend to fall apart before the end. Also, this is the only place I like cornbread & you get a piece with each dish. So damn good!My updated review:If you love pastrami, you HAVE to have theirs! It's the best on the planet! This is the reason I'm sad to no longer work in downtown Portland as they are closed on the weekends. Words have no way of describing how delicious and amazing this sandwich is! Change your life - have a pastrami (or the corned beef!)

A great quick bite with authentic food in he middle of downtown Portland. The lady was very sweet to recommend me the beef chili since they don't serve beef stew anymore. What of m orders, the smoked pastrami sandwich and the beef chili tasted great!If you travel, this is a perfect stop to get a bite before you head out of downtown to your Airbnb o next trails :)

We found the Portland Kettle on Yelp and wanted to get some hot soup on a cold wet evening. Found out the Yelp listed hours are not accurate, when we arrived at 6:50 thinking it closed at 7:30 pm but the guy said they were closing at 7pm and we could only get soup To Go (no other food orders or sandwiches). No cornbread was available too (usually included with soup) since it was the end of the day and they were out. I got the split pea with ham which had large pieces of ham and was tasty but we were disappointed by not getting the full experience/food even paying full price through the normal operating hours. My buddy got the lemon rice with chicken soup and said it was "ok." We ended up stopping in another restaurant to get more food/appetizers and have our soup with it. I think it would have been nice to get some extra soup or something since we missed the cornbread.----TL;DR----Pros: good tasting hot soup. Should warm you up in cold weatherCons: better come way in advance of closing or you might not get a "full order" of food. Closes at 7pm, not 7:30Bottom Line: worth another try during early business hours, but wasn't impressed with my first visit.

Wow. Amazing gumbo and cornbread and salad. Really close to my hotel and good blues music. But the cornbread was divine. I couldn't eat more than a bite because it has sour cream and I'm lactose intolerant, but I would have that for dessert everyday if I lived here and could eat dairy. The woman who owns it is very sweet. I'll probably come back here before I leave.

Great sandwiches and lots of meat. My type of sandwich. Very busy at lunch though due to downtown and office location.